Five people killed in an Israeli attack in Gaza. Israel-Palestine conflict news

According to Gaza’s Civil Defence Agency, an Israeli airstrike targeting a group of civilians in northern Gaza resulted in the deaths of at least five Palestinians.

“Five Palestinians, including three children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a group of civilians near the al-Qassam mosque in Beit Lahiya,” local health authorities said in a statement late Wednesday.

“Their bodies were taken to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City,” it said, without specifying the ages of the children. The hospital confirmed that the body was found.

Gaza’s government media office said Israel had violated a “ceasefire agreement” with Hamas signed in October 2,400 times. These included targeted attacks, arrests, blockades, and forced starvation of Gaza residents.

Israeli forces killed more than 20,000 children in the two-year genocidal war in Gaza.

according to a report. Save the Children Report in September. The charity said that, on average, at least one child was killed every hour, more than 1,000 of them under the age of one, while thousands more suffered injuries, trauma or separation from parents.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had already described the situation in Gaza as a “cemetery for children” by November 2023.

Last week, the gender equality organization UN Women informed us that at least 47 women and girls were killed on average every day during the war in Gaza— bringing the total to more than 38,000 between October 2023 and December 2025, including more than 22,000 women and 16,000 girls.

Gaza’s conflict has resulted in a significantly higher proportion of women and girls killed compared to previous conflicts. Those who died were mothers; they were daughters, sisters, and friends – those who were deeply loved by those around them,” said Sophia Coltorp, the agency’s head of humanitarian action. The agency stated, “Despite the alleged ceasefire, this suffering continues.”

According to Gaza’s health ministry, Israeli forces have killed at least 786 Palestinians since the US-brokered “ceasefire” took effect in October. At least 32 of these deaths occurred this month alone, among them Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah, who was killed in a drone strike west of Gaza City on April 8.

Israel has also been accused of violating the “ceasefire” agreement by restricting the entry of agreed-upon amounts of food, medicine, medical supplies, and shelter materials into Gaza, where about 2.4 million Palestinians, including 1.5 million displaced persons, are living in deplorable conditions.